Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-02-10

morning getting to Gratiot, % miles.
SUcu valentines as those displayed
at Hanscom's book store this week
are good for the eyesight.
SIX of our young men happened
over to Dodgeyille while out for
ride one evening last week, and W.
w. Williams got hold of them and
took them to his house, where they
feasted on oysters, etc. Such hos
pitality they claim, is not experienc,
ed often in life time.
LAST week Sam'l Wright came
out from Milwaukee and swopped
his homestead in this city for a
stated amount of jewelry from S. S.
James stock. Mr.. James immedi-
ately sold the house and lot to Nm.
Smith, and the remainder OF his
stock of jewelry will likely be
bought by Mr. d. jenkins.
The Darlington Democrat claims
medicinal properties for the water
obtained from the water works
/ spring at their place, and states
James II. Farwell, of Buffalo, n. Y.
is having the water analyzed, and if
the result is satisfactory the gentle
man will erect "A botthng establish
meut in Darlington in the spring
ANY one is hereby challenged to
/ produce person, who continually
1 glumbles and finds fault with pub
lie mems actions and the compen-
sation therefor, that has FIVE minutes
to spare for the good of neighbor
or the public unless there's big
money in it, Those who are in
clined to heed the howlings Of
grumblers should think Of this.
a SOCIETY for the prevention of
cruelty to animals ought to be organ
ized in this city. There is work for
such a society. Most any night,
no matter what the weather, the
mournful mooing of cows left out
exposed to the wintery blasts, may
be heard from all directions through
out the city. II is shame, and
should be abated.
FRANK JAMES has sold his har-
ness and saddlery business to John
Il. Osborne. The sale was perfected
on Monday of this week. Mr.. O.
will transfer the stock to Thomas
Prestley's old stand and be ready
for business at once. He is a prac-
tical workman, and sure to prove
! pleasant and honorable in all trans
actions.
The people Of Brodhead have in
terested themselves in the establish
ment of wood working factory at
that place. The capital stock is to
be $4,000 in $40 shares. It high
time that the people of Mineral Pt.
were awaking to some such interest.
The times demand it. There is enter
prise all along the line and we
should keep pace.
\ sLEIGH-LoAD Of scholars from
Graysville school visited their for
mer teacher, Miss L. Ii. Stephens,
one evening recently, and passed a
very pleasant evening. On last
Friday evening sleighload from
the same school visited their present
teacher, Miss Laura Jaoko. Both
these young ladies are held in high
esteem by all the scholars Of Grays-
Vile district.
IL the wrestling match at Chicago
Monday evening between Evan
Lewis, an Iowa county boy, and
Joe Acton, the champion Of the
world, the latter was awarded three
falls out of four, giving him the
match Lewis proved a hard one
for the "Little Demon no doubt
as much as Re cares to handle.
And now Jack Carkeek has chal-
lenged the world, Acton or Lewis
/ preferred, at same styIe-catch-as-
catch-can.
The number Of farmers who have
been hauling baled hay out of this
market exceeds expectations. 1t
was generally estimated that the